Phrase by 'Don McLean'

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Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Position , Living , Things , Creation


I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  You , People , Think , Important


In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Singing , School , Guitar , Autumn


Basically, in 'American Pie,' things are heading in the wrong direction. It is becoming less ideal, less idyllic. I don't know whether you consider that wrong or right, but it is a morality song in a sense.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  You , Song , Know , Direction


I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it's obvious.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Back , Why , Bad , Nobody


That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Song , Process , Past , American


No matter how happy or hopeful I am, I always tend to drift back to that. It's underneath all the music I've ever written... An artist is trying to tell you how he's feeling. And if that accidentally becomes entertaining, it becomes a career.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Music , You , I Am , Happy


Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train into New York and work for a bank. To be an artist, you have to say goodbye to your family.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  You , Work , Family , Art


People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Me , People , Time , Society


In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

Author: Don McLean - American Musician
  Song , American , Seen , Pie


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